Rick Bettina, Nash Bridges and his team investigate a case of stolen computer chips which cost several millions of dollars. Nash's ex-partner, Joe Dominguez, joins them. Nash and his second wife, Kelly, divorce.
A gang robs a Chinese family. Later Nash kills one of their members in a shooting. They decide to pay Nash a night visit when they find out about it. Joe, Kelly and Cassidy happen to be at his place that night.
Nash, Joe, and the SIU squad investigate a bomb threat against Bobbie Werksman, the Mayor of San Francisco. They finally locate the bomb in an apartment building--only to trigger the bomb's timer by mistake.
When a missile launcher known as The Javelin is stolen from an Army base, Nash works with the Army Captain responsible for it. In the meantime, the man who paid to have it stolen is desperate to get it back. Evan and Harvey are investigating who is attacking male prostitutes.
Inspector Harvey Leek disappears, along with $500,000 of the city's money whilst en route to an undercover purchase of heavy industrial equipment from a group of Russian gangsters.
Just as Nash plans to go on a belated honeymoon with Kelly, a very important case lands on his desk. Nash must locate San Francisco's most notorious bookie and rogue FBI officer who happens to be number 9 on the FBI's 10 most wanted list.